VMWare Slow performance running XP

Hi, my XP virtual machine is about 13GB, I made it out of my current running Windows. When I start the virtual machine, XP takes ages to start up and I can't do anything because it's too slow. Is that because my virtual machine is too big? Should I do a fresh installation? Or is there something else that I'm missing?

Re: VMWare Slow performance running XP

When I virtualized my physical WinXP install it ended up being about 19gigs so yours sounds about right. Also I only allocate 512mb memory for the vm as any more seems to slow the whole system down.
Have you gone into "Device Manager" and looked for any problems there? Already installed chipset drivers and such can cause problems. Another problem can be fixed by changing the processor in Device Manager from "Uniprocessor PC" to "Standard PC" to fix any acpi problems, but if you have already activated your XP vm you will have to do it again after the change. When you change it to "Standard PC" WinXP will rediscover all of your virtual hadware.